Unimportant,' 'Cynical,' and 'Terribly Forced': What Reviewers Made of 'The Great Gatsby' in 1925 - The Atlantic

The canonical novel, published 90 years ago today, was initially deemed "unimportant," "painfully forced," "<span>no more than a glorified anecdote," and "a dud."</span>

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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) - RUINS

The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) - RUINS

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